The Bologna it is mathematically in Europa League since Sunday afternoon now. Thanks to the 2-1 defeat of the Florentine on the field of Veronathe team of Thiago Motta has arithmetically secured a place in the top seven. Which means that, in the worst case scenario, Bologna would end up in seventh place, a position which this year still allows access to the second most important European cup. However, the mantra inside the Casteldebole changing rooms is only one: the work is not finished yet. This is why Bologna still doesn’t feel like they have achieved the real goal. An objective that only became such as the months passed, an objective that in August seemed absolutely unforeseeable: the Champions League.
The whole city now seems to be waiting for nothing more than to rejoice at the qualification for the top European competition. The question that echoes among the arcades of Bologna these days is just one: when could the mathematical certainty of qualifying for the Champions League arrive?
Rossoblù fans, mark your calendars on the evening of Sunday 12 May: The math could be coming just in a few days. Let’s see why.
Champions arithmetic already on Sunday if…
By now, the Champions League has become a three-team race (Bologna, Atalanta And Rome) for only two places: the fourth and the fifth. More secluded, however, the Lazio who is currently at 56 points in the standings.
The ranking currently reads:
- Bologna fourth with 64 points,
- Atalanta fifth with 60 points but with a race to recover (with the Florentine),
- Rome also sixth with 60 points.
In order to be able to take to the streets to celebrate on Sunday evening, the team of Thiago Motta must first win at Maradona against a Naples increasingly in difficulty. However, Bologna’s victory in Naples alone may not be enough.
L’Atalantain fact, will host the Rome in Bergamo on Sunday at 8.45pm and Bologna must hope that the Goddess beats or at least doesn’t let Roma win.
At that point we would have the following ranking situation:
- Bologna fourth with 67 points (with a direct clash in favor of both Roma and Atalanta)
- Atalanta fifth at 63 or 61 (depending on the result), but still with one race less
- Rome sixth with 60 points.
It would become impossible for Roma, at that point, to reach Bologna, even if the rossoblù were to lose both with Juventus be against the Genoa. At that point Motta’s team would be certain of finishing at least fifth in the standings, a position that this year holds Champions League.
However, if Roma were to win, the discussion would be postponed, as the team de Rossi it would rise to 63, leaving Atalanta at 60, but with a game to recover.
And third place?
Since this season has taught us that ambitions can also be at home within the Bologna Football Club, looking at the table it is natural to notice that the rossoblù are currently closer to third place rather than fifth.
This is why Maradona’s eventual victory could have a double meaning.
In addition to being able to guarantee the mathematical certainty of a place in the Champions League, in fact, beating Napoli would allow us to stay in the wake of the Juventus, now in third place with 66 points. The team of Cheer up in the next round it will host the Salernitanawhich is why it’s easy to think that he could rise to 69.
At that point, we would arrive at the direct clash at the Dall’Ara in the next round with Bologna at 67 points and Juventus at 69 points. This means that Thiago Motta’s team, beating the Bianconeri, would win third place, and that at this point she would be master of her own destiny.
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